On Aug 8, 2006, GIGABYTE and ASUS together announced they have entered into a joint venture to produce GIGABYTE branded motherboards and graphics cards. The remarkable handshake of Gigabyte’s Chirman Dandy Yeh with Johnny Shih, CEO of ASUS, has astounded the whole market. It is just a few months later on today, GIGABYTE and ASUS together announced they have called off the plan, while the subsidiary, Gigabyte United, remains.